ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,294, issued on Feb. 10.
"Breakaway walker tray" was invented by Candece Downes (Van Nuys, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The breakaway walker tray includes a body defining a relatively planar surface and a pair of tubular grips formed from a portion of the body and selectively engageable with a pair of supports at least partially defining a frame of a walker. Each of the pair of tubular grips may be respectively engageable with the pair of supports in substantial friction-fit engagement therewith substantially along an entire surface area thereof. Moreover, the pair of tubular grips may break away from the pair of supports whe...